Caribbean Community member nations Barbados and Guyana are considering mandatory vaccination for COVID-19. Barbados is also giving consideration to the possibility of mandatory testing for the virus which has affected 196 million people across the globe and killed 4.19 million. Barbados Attorney General Dale Marshall has been tasked with providing Government with a legal opinion on the criminal and civil liability associated with mandatory COVID-19 testing and vaccination. Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley said that advice should be ready by early next month and would be followed by a series of consultations on the way forward. Speaking at a